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Feb 15, 2023 · We typically understand a famine as a lack of food or water, but Amos 8:11 speaks cryptically of a famine of the hearing of the Word of God: “‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign Lord, ‘when I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.’”
- Amos 5
It resonates in Zephaniah’s call: “Seek the Lord, all you...
- Amos 5
Warnings about swarms of destructive locusts, devouring fires, the inescapable sword, and complete devastation, saturate the majority of his writings - until Amos disclosed the shocking outcome of their national disobedience and apostasy, "'behold, days are coming,' declares the Lord GOD, 'When I will send a famine on the land - not a famine ...
“When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD.” Amos 8:11 (NASB) The first act of punishment listed is that God would send a famine. But the famine was not one of no food or no water. The people would not suffer from a lack of food or water.
Oct 12, 2024 · “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” This verse speaks to a different kind of famine – a spiritual famine. It warns of a time when people will lack access to the Word of God and His teachings.
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them,.... Meaning not in other lands, where they should be driven, but while in their own land, by which many should perish; and the rest that escaped these dreadful judgments should be carried captive. The Targum is, "I will send those that kill with the sword, &c.''
Amos 8:11. Behold the days come, saith the Lord — This is spoken of events which were yet at some distance. That I will send a famine in the land, not of bread, &c., but of hearing the words of the Lord — When Amos prophesied, and for a considerable time after, there were several prophets, and abundant opportunities of hearing the word of the Lord, in season and out of season: they had ...
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I will send the sword, famine and plague against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’” New Living Translation And I will send war, famine, and disease until they have vanished from the land of Israel, which I gave to them and their ancestors.” English Standard Version
